House Music Today - TheFreshcast Fall ‘08
After 2 months on hiatus The Freshcast returns for Fall ‘08 with a vengeance! Featuring new music by Fuhnkermann, Camille Jones, D.O.N.S., Ian Carey, Vandalism, Yoshimoto, Moby & more, this is one mix that builds into a frenzy of music strings tugging at your soul! If you’re not convinced, you must, and we say MUST check out Track 11 - Asteroidz by DBN featuring Madita, spine tingling goodness!

With over 4000 people subscribed to The Freshcast alone, you know Chris Wren must be doing something right, and that he is! Why can’t we hear music this good every time we go out? Welcome back to electro house music that is most relevant today!

Listen now - House Music TheFreshcast Fall ‘08
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Ferry Corsten - Trance Pioneer
Representing: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Style: Trance, Electro House, Techno
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Ferry Corsten came to world relatively early in the line of über-famous Dutch trance DJs, which is why the words “trance pioneer” get tossed around as soon as people start mentioning his name. A legend in his own right, Ferry hails from the hottest trance base in the world: the Netherlands (What’s in their water??). Read the rest of this entry »

Paul van Dyk - Political DJ with a Cause
Representing: Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Style: Trance, Techno, Breaks, House
Best Known For: Using his DJing fame for good causes

One of the two big “Pauls” in dance music today (the other being Paul Oakenfold of course), Paul van Dyk is definitely one of the more interesting DJs out there. What’s important to note is that this includes not only his musical style, but also his unique persona and his awareness of issues around the globe. Born Matthias Paul in East Berlin, van Dyk was pretty much stuck behind the infamous Berlin Wall as a child, and the only trace of electronic music he could get in touch with was through the radio and smuggled mixtapes (which was illegal at the time). His early success in his home country led up to mixing at Tresor, then Turbine (where “Paul vs. Paul” parties with DJ Kid Paul was pretty big), then E-Werk when the Dubmission parties got too big. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiesto - Trance DJ of the 21st Century
Representing: Breda, the Netherlands
Style: Trance
Best Known For: Being a truly universal name, whether you’re a hardcore dance music fanatic or the average clubhead

Arguably the most controversial, but still the most famous electronic music DJ in the world bar none, is Tijs Verwest, or as you know him, Tiësto. Earlier aliases include “Da Joker” and “DJ Limited,” during the times that he experimented with acid house and various other genres. Tiësto hasn’t been around for quite as long as some other workhorse DJs like Sasha and Digweed, but he has still made his rounds. His career really started to pick up steam in the nineties; he created compilations, which was something new in the dance music scene, and in the late nineties, collaborated with fellow Dutch Trance DJ Ferry Corsten. They were known as Gouryella (which means “heaven”) and were responsible for such club classics as “Gouryella” and “Walhalla.” Read the rest of this entry »

Sander van Doorn - Supernaturalistic DJ
Representing: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Style: A mix of techno, house, progressive, and (most famous for) trance
Best Known For: Continuing and at the same time redefining Dutch trance excellence

He’s Dutch DJ who’s spinning trance like it’s nobody else’s business. Nothing new, right? Not exactly. Sander Ketelaars, or Sander van Doorn, as you probably know him, at first glance is just another DJ along the lines of already established superstars from the Netherlands like Ferry Corsten, Menno de Jong, Marco V, and you know it, Armin and Tiësto. The only difference is that when people hear “Sander van Doorn,” they do not think of what he has just been described as. They think of Sander van Doorn, fresh-faced, inspired, trance genius extraordinaire, who’s wasting no time in creating his distinct position in trance history, amid declarations from fans and critics alike that this is Tiësto’s heir for electronic music superstardom. Read the rest of this entry »

Bradley Schweit is a professional photographer and the co-founder and owner of Transphat Photography.  His passion for photography began as a satisfying hobby at a young age and developed into a respected profession in little over a year (quite a feat).  During the day, Bradley draws on his knowledge and wits to craft tasty pieces on the sport of fishing.  By night, he’s a pub and club-crawler - vampire of the nightlife scene that lives in San Diego.  Read the rest of this entry »

John Digweed
Representing: Hastings, England
Style: Progressive House
Best Known For: Staying true to his style and being rewarded extravagantly for it.

Having DJed since childhood, John “Digweed” is a true veteran of the dance music scene. What makes him so unique though, is his consistency and integrity when it comes to his music. These are words that you definitely will hear thrown around often when people talk about Digweed. Two decades of DJing at a stunning level tends to do that for you. Read the rest of this entry »

Armand Van Helden New York: A Mix Odyssey Two
LABEL: SOUTHERN FRIED
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 13TH 2008

Following up last year’s lauded artist album, ‘Ghettoblaster’, dance-floor legend Armand Van Helden returns to the decks with the second instalment of his ‘New York: A Mix Odyssey’ series. Wearing his influences on his sleeve, the mix goes straight to the heart of the hugely influential Hip-House scene, gathering the hottest floor-jams of the heady mid-to-late 80s, taking it right up to the present with three blistering exclusive tracks from the man himself that see Armand coming full circle and paying tribute to the music he truly loves, that was so instrumental at the start of his journey to becoming one of the world’s most respected DJs and producers. Read the rest of this entry »

Pure Behrouz NYC
In today’s world as more and more DJ’s refine their skills and push the barriers, you find a select few DJs like Behrouz who have managed to reach the top and provide audiences around the world with a journey of music spanning all depths of house and techno. Before we jump into our interview with Behrouz, we have a special announcement to make…TheFreshpage and Rephlektor are proud to present a preview stream for you of Pure Behrouz NYC which will be released Worldwide on October 7, 2008 (read our previous Pure Behrouz NYC Blog Post). Get Pure Behrouz NYC on Amazon.com

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Aly & Fila
Representing: Cairo, Egypt
Style: Trance / Progressive
Best Known For: Being Egypt’s best kept secret (but not for long)

Aly & Fila is the next big thing out of Egypt. Aly Amr Fathalah and Fadi Wassef Naguib have been friends since childhood, and they’re helping to build the dance scene down in northern Africa, which right now is pretty much nonexistent. This will soon change though, as they have been the first to release material abroad to an overwhelmingly positive response. With influences of Steve Helstrip (from the Thrillseekers), Chicane, and Paul van Dyk in their music, Aly & Fila released their debut track, “Eye of Horus,” to rave reviews from both critics and clubbers. It received generous airplay from the biggest names in its genre (Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Paul van Dyk), and became the darling of popular compilations soon after. Read the rest of this entry »